take a rest

Synonyms

rest sleep rested vacation relax lie down ease up take a breather take a breath kick back take five resting

Antonyms

wade process attempt labor exert strive
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Examples

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest. Alexandre Dumas

As a result, he lost his chair in 1823 (or, as the university officially declared, it was "very glad to allow this interesting scientist to take a rest from heavy teaching duties, in order to be able to give better attention to his researches"). Source: Internet

Although you can see your heart rate staying high or your KM split times slowing down, there's no prompting to take a rest day. Source: Internet

“If you’re especially sore or achy, take a rest day. Source: Internet

Saline aerosol inhalations have a beneficial influence on both those who suffer from various kinds of upper respiratory system ailments as well as those who are as healthy as a horse, those who just want to take a rest, a walk or breathe in clean air. Source: Internet

The intention was that she should take a rest at Lillehammer and move back to Kristiania as soon as Svarstad had their new house in order. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

take a rest

Close letter words and terms

take a rain check take a rain check on take a raincheck Take a Ride take a ride to Tyburn take a risk